Kenneth "Kenny" Hasselbalch
2023
Kenneth “Kenny” Hasselbalch was born on June 29, 1968, in Huntington Beach, CA. He was one of five children of Anna and Knud Hasselbalch, immigrants from Denmark. The family first moved to Canada and then to the US in 1961. Kenny and his younger brother Frank were both born in CA. They moved to Seattle in 1974 where their...
Molly Jean Newman
2023
Molly Jean Newman passed away from this world March 14, 2023 with her children at her side after a battle with cancer. Molly was 82 years old. She is gone but not forgotten. Molly was a wife, a mother, sister, aunt, grandmother and friend. She leaves behind a legacy of love, kindness and eternal friendship in all that she...
Richard M. Brutke
2023
Richard M. Brutke passed away on April 2, 2023, in the home he designed and built with his own hands, after a battle with cancer. He was 71 years old.
Rick was born in 1951 in Rupert, Idaho. He graduated from Valley High School in Hazelton, Idaho, where he was editor of the Viking yearbook, a...
Fredrick (Jack) David Mcbride
2023
Jack was born May 3, 1930, in Deer Park, Washington, the second son of Fred E. McBride and Ruth V. McBride (Virginia, Nee Brazelton). Jack’s older brother was James McBride (1928 - 2022).
While Jack was still a young boy, the family moved to Longview, Washington, where Jack’s father found work at a paper mill. This is...
Dwight Walker
2023
Dwight Walker was born in Jamestown, North Dakota in September of 1952. While he was born the year General Dwight Eisenhower was elected as President of the United State, his mother always insisted he was not named after General Eisenhower. Dwight was the third child Oliver and Helen Walker.
In the fall of 1954, the Walker family...
Curtis Norman
2023
Curtis Norman, 54, of Seattle, Washington, passed away peacefully on March 22, 2023. Curtis was born on January 12, 1969 in Boston, Massachusetts to his late mother Jean Francis Norman, and his father Clarence Perkins whom resides in Boston, MA with his wife, Curtis's stepmother Brenda Perkins.
Curtis's life was filled with love and laughter. For he...
Joseph William Thurston
2023
Joseph William Thurston
1947-2023
Dr. Joseph “Joe” William Michael Thurston, D.D.S., formerly of Seattle, Washington, passed away on January 15th, 2023 at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. He suffered a fall at home and fell into a coma before he was ultimately removed from life support.
Joseph and...
Michael John Wallace
2023
Michael “Mike” John Wallace was a true and proud West Seattleite until his final day on February 26, 2023. He passed unexpectedly at the age of 65 in West Seattle, Washington. Mike was a loving and devoted husband, father, and grandfather who is survived by his bride, Shari Lynn who he cherished as “the luckiest girl in the world.”...
Dominico Del Donno Tayag
2023
Dominico (Nick) Del Donno Tayag, 68, passed away peacefully on March 5, 2023, after a hard-fought battle with liver cancer. Nick was surrounded by family gathered in celebration of his life when he passed peacefully in Seattle, Washington. Nick was born in Makati on February 26, 1955, to Victorino and Encarnacion Tayag. He grew up in the Central Luzon...
James William Farris
2023
James William Farris, Jr.
5/2/1930 – 2/27/2023
James W. Farris passed away peacefully at his home on February 27, 2023. Born in Owatonna, MN on May 2, 1930 to James W. and Florence E. (Liebe) Farris, he lived his youth in Libby, MT and Spokane, WA with...
Daniel Calvin Wiseman
2023
Daniel Calvin Wiseman
April 2, 1953 – February 17, 2023
Daniel C. Wiseman passed away peacefully on February 17, 2023, in West Seattle after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Dan was born in Madison, South Dakota on April 2, 1953, to parents Austin ‘Cal’ and Joyce Wiseman. He was...
Martinus “Maarten” Verburg
2023
Martinus “Maarten” Verburg, 56 years old, of Seattle, Washington, passed away on February 13, 2023 following a nearly year-long battle with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Born in Santpoort, The Netherlands to Martinus and Henrica Verburg, Maarten is survived by his wife Marcy Mabry, son Yoeri Verburg (Hoofddorp, The Netherlands), bonus children Jessica and Jakob Rugland & bonus mom...
Ronald Douglas Riedasch
2023
Ron was born December 11, 1942 to Glenn and Marjorie Riedasch in Seattle and raised in West Seattle with his sister, Eleen. He attended Lafayette Elementary, James Madison Junior High, and West Seattle High School, graduating in 1961. He went on to Washington State University, joining the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, and a prouder Cougar you would never meet! ...
Benjamin Florendo (Bennie) Guib Jr.
Dec 23, 2022
Bennie passed away peacefully on December 23, 2022, after a short battle with cancer. He was born and raised in Seattle to Benjamin Severino Guieb Sr and Adalor Ellen Quinn. He was the baby of the family of three children. He spent all his life in South Seattle attending Mercer Middle School and Franklin High School.
Bennie...
Catherine Macdonald
Dec 20, 2022
Catherine MacDonald was born April 5, 1927 at Doctor’s Hospital in New York City, NY. Cathe grew up in New Rochelle, NY with her two sisters and brother. In 1948 Cathe married Buzz Trohn and had two daughters, Leslie and Katie, and raised them in Armonk, New York.
Eventually moving to Denver, CO, Cathe continued to live...
Evon Marie Wells
Dec 7, 2022
Evon Marie Wells
On Wednesday, December 7, 2022, Evon Marie Wells better known as “Mom” to many, passed away peacefully at home at the age of 86.
Evon was born on June 5, 1936 in Crosby, North Dakota to Pearl E. MacLean and Lyle Chapman. Evon with her mother Pearl and sister Aris moved to...
Donna Jean Bystrom
Nov 26, 2022
Donna was born and raised in West Seattle, eldest of the two children of Irene and Howard Whittlesey. She attended school at Lafayette Elementary, and West Seattle HS, graduating in 1944. She went on to attend UW for a couple years and played saxophone in the band.
She was working as a clerk at Sears when she...
E. Odilia (Odette) Diaz
Nov 24, 2022
Odette was given her nickname, “Vida,” by her grandchildren. They thought it was her name because she would always greet them lovingly with “mi vida” (“my life” in Spanish). Vida was a central, loving figure for an extended family which now spans across the United States and the Americas. Vida passed away peacefully on November 24, at the age...
Norman Lee Garvin
Nov 21, 2022
Following a long bout with cancer, and hearing of Trump’s plans to run for office again, Norman left his earthly body to embark on his next adventure. He was 75 years old.
Although we are beyond heartbroken, we are so proud of him for making the brave decision to stop all the invasive treatments he endured for...
Mary Lou (Pappas) Dammand
Nov 20, 2022
On November 20, 2022, Mary Lou Dammand passed away peacefully at the age of 87. Mary Lou was born in Seattle, Washington on January 21, 1935, to John and Daisy Pappas. Mary Lou graduated from Lincoln High School in 1953 and went to Central Washington University. It was at college where she met the love of her life, Kenneth...
